VHDL
VHDL VHDL is an acronym for VHSIC Hardware Description Language. ... VHDL can be used to model a digital system at many levels of abstraction ranging from the algorithmic level to the gate level. "Verilog" and "VHDL" are specialized programming languages used by engineers who design electronic hardware. Companies such as Intel, Motorola and IBM use the Verilog or VHDL languages to design their next generation computer chips, cell phones, etc. ... Verilog or VHDL allows the engineer to represent the desired functionality as a software program. ... Sutherland HDL provides expert consulting and training on the Verilog and VHDL Hardware Description Languages. ... History of VHDL In the early 1980s, integrated circuits started become significantly smaller and substantially faster. ... In order to improve documentation and to reduce maintenance costs, one of the largest users of integrated circuits, the Department of Defense (DOD), created the Very High Speed Integrated Circuit [VHSIC] Hardware Description Language (VHDL). VHDL was first released for public review in August of 1985, and VHDL documentation (in addition to the hundreds of pages of "netlists") was initially required for all government contracts containing an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC.) In February of 1986 (only 6 months later) all rights to VHDL were transferred to the IEEE in order to maintain and update this new standard.